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Forum: RIBs & ribbing 21 February 2009, 14:34
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
Jeff - but to be fair you're no spring chicken so...

Jeff - but to be fair you're no spring chicken so your dad can't exactly be in the age band where his hearing is likely to be 100% :D=)
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 21 February 2009, 00:07
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
I have a dinghy sailing book somewhere in my loft...

I have a dinghy sailing book somewhere in my loft that shows what could happen if a capsized boat "self anchors" - on a rising tide (too deep for the length of chain/rope available) the boat can...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 19 February 2009, 08:43
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
the phrase instructor may be misleading - she was...

the phrase instructor may be misleading - she was not a PB instructor. The error was not really that she was inexperienced (she was perfectly competent for the original task) it was the change of...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 18 February 2009, 22:28
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
MAIB have just released the report: ...

MAIB have just released the report:

https://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/2009/plas_menai_rib_6.cfm

Haven't read it all yet - but the synopsis seems to blame Human...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 12 July 2008, 11:34
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
I'm not an RYA instructor so don't know how the...

I'm not an RYA instructor so don't know how the rules are applied.

- do the rules apply to number of instructors per boat or just to the course overall (i.e. can they be left onshore)?
-do the...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 12 July 2008, 11:25
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
OK good to see no one is jumping to conclusions...

OK good to see no one is jumping to conclusions with out most of the facts:D

there are several valid reasons why you would use a mobile rather than a VHF e.g.

* poor vhf reception
* CH16...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 05 July 2008, 16:40
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
the CG expressed a similar view - but I don't see...

the CG expressed a similar view - but I don't see what value filing a passage plan with the CG would have actually brought?

there were presumably people on shore at plas menai who knew where the...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 02 July 2008, 08:51
Replies: 41
Views: 7,799
Posted By Poly
Boy Airlifted To Hospital After Rigid Inflatable Boat Overturns

From MCGA website:
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